Divers sermons of Master John Calvin, concerning the divinity, humanity, and nativity of our…Diuers sermons of Master Iohn Caluin, concerning the diuinitie, humanitie, and natiuitie of our…

& because they are full of vices before the lord God, they had also need of a physician. And who shall he be? we shall not find him either in heaven or in earth, except it be he whom the heavenly father hath given us: to wit, our Lord Jesus Christ. And therefore if we can reach to the understanding how our Lord Jesus Christ hath brought health to our souls, let us come to figure out ye which is here showed us, when he made the blind to see: for, this is out of all doubt, that our souls are both blind & beastly. Besides, Jesus Christ, made the dumb to speak. Now, we give our tongues to nothing else but to wickedness, until such time as Jesus Christ hath given it the right use. And we are more then deaf, because the word of God can have no entrance into us, & therefore it is our Lord Jesus Christ that must give us also our hearing. To be short, when we shall join the words of S. Matthew, with the meaning of the Prophet Isaiah: to wit, that we for our parts are full of corruption, & villainy & that there is no health in us, & our souls full of all deadly sins: But that our Lord Jesus Christ hath rid us of them all, & that in coming to him, we shall find health: when I say, we shall thus join one with an other, ⟨p. 112⟩then shall we understand, that except we have recourse unto this Redeemer, we must needs always lye stone still in our sins and miseries, & rot altogether in them. And thereupon he goeth on farther, and saith, That we have all declined & gone astray. Here, the Prophet meaneth, better & more lively to tell (as yesterday we handled it) that we cannot in good earnest feel our necessity to be healed by our Lord Jesus Christ, until such time as every of us hath truly examined his own estate, & knoweth what is within him. For, what is the reason why we are so cold & slack, when we are told of coming unto our Lord Jesus Christ? Truly, it is because we have no capacity, but are like very blockheads. For, we shall see how these common drunkards are knoden together in their intemperancy, & will never give over, until such time as they gnash their teeth, & are able to do no more. If a man speak to them of physic & Physicians, he shall be but scorned for his labour: they will wag the head, yea, & despise all helps.

& because they are ful of vices before the lord God, they had also néed of a phisitiō. And who shal he be? we shall not finde him either in heauen or in earth, except it be he whō the heauenly father hath giuen vs: to wit, our Lord Iesus Christ. And therfore if we can reach to ye vnderstāding how our Lord Iesus Christ hath brought health to our soules, let vs come to figure out ye which is here shewed vs, whē he made the blinde to sée: for, this is out of al doubt, yt our soules are both blinde & beastly. Besides, Iesus Christ, made the dumbe to speak. Nowe, we giue our tongues to nothing els but to wickednes, vntill such time as Iesus Christ hath giuen it the right vse. And we are more then deafe, because the word of God can haue no entrance into vs, & therfore it is our Lorde Iesus Christ that must giue vs also our hearing. To be short, whē we shal ioyne the words of S. Mathew, with the meaning of the Prophet Isaiah: to wit, that we for our partes are full of corruption, & villainy & that there is no health in vs, & our soules full of all deadly sinnes: But that our Lord Iesus Christ hath ryd vs of them all, & that in comming to him, wée shall finde health: when I say, wée shall thus ioyne one with an other,